Nuristani languages

language group of the Indo-Iranian language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Nuristani languages (زبان نورستانی) are one of the three groups in the Indo-Iranian language family. The other two languages being Indo-Aryan and Iranian.[1][2][3] They are spoken mainly in the Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan.[4] The speakers of the Nuristani languages are known as Nuristani people.[5]

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Languages

  • Askunu (Ashkun) 2,000 speakers
  • Kamkata-viri (Bashgali, includes the dialects Kata-vari, Shekhani, Kamviri & Mumviri) 24,200 speakers
  • Vasi-vari (Prasuni) 2,000 speakers
  • Tregami (Gambiri) 1,000 speakers
  • Waigali (Kalasha-ala) 2,000 speakers
  • Zemiaki 500 speakers (traditionally classified as a dialekt of Indo-Aryan Nangalami-Grangali, belongs here according to Grjunberg 1999)

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